[Callers] Does this dance exist? / Beginner dances with chain, without star-L prog

Yoyo Zhou via Callers callers at lists.sharedweight.net
Mon Sep 14 11:00:53 PDT 2015


HI Maia,

When doing a ladies chain for the first time, I prefer to call a chain
to neighbor, rather than partner, so that new dancers get an
opportunity to practice courtesy turns with lots of different people
(we've all seen the new couples who can't remember which are the
counterclockwise vs. clockwise turns).

(Of course you can't win 'em all, like new dancers who show up halfway
through the dance.)

Many of Linda's suggestions feature chains to neighbor. Some of my
favorite easy dances with such chains are:

Forgotten Treasure
Beth Parkes
A1: N balance, swing
A2: down the hall, turn as couples
B1: circle left 3/4, P swing
B2: long lines forward and back, ladies chain

Although this has the ladies chain -> next N balance transition which
can even be not easy for experienced dancers, it's generous with
recovery time.

???
Susan Petrick?
A1: N balance, swing
A2: gents allemande left 1+1/2, P swing
B1: long lines forward and back, ladies chain
B2: balance ring, roll away P lady across; balance ring, roll away N
lady up/down

I collected this from Susan Petrick who calls it Missing You, but
she's not sure where she may have got it from. Note how similar it is
to Lavender and Lilac / The Missing Piece.

Made Up Tonight (Which is No Longer True)
Erik Hoffman

A1: N balance, swing
A2: ladies chain over and back
B1: circle left 3/4, P swing
B2: circle left 3/4, balance ring, 2s arch and 1s dive through

And there's Trip to Lambertville by Steve Zakon-Anderson, which can be
made easier with a B1/B2 variation that's apparently common:

A1: ladies walk to long wave, balance; gents walk to long wave, balance
A2: gents allemande left 1/2, balance wave; N swing
B1: circle left 3/4; P swing
B2: long lines forward and back; ladies chain

Yoyo Zhou


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